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the January 22, 1993 Price is Right had a second example of this trope


* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'': On January 22, 1993, one of the contestants was named Ebunoloron Sims.

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* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'': On The January 22, 1993, one of the 1993 episode had two contestants was named with unusual names that ended up giving Rod Roddy fits when he had to read their names to "Come on down" in Ebunoloron Sims.Sims and Sathyanarayanan Sathy. Bob Barker, meanwhile, would stick to using their respective last names.

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* [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060748/ Nevada Smith]], which supposedly inspired the name "Franchise/IndianaJones".
* Jefferson Smith, the eponymous Smith of ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington''.
* Whispering Smith, a cowboy detective played by Creator/AlanLadd in a 1948 film. Also a 1961 TV series starring Creator/AudieMurphy.


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* ''Film/NevadaSmith'', which supposedly inspired the name "Franchise/IndianaJones".
* Jefferson Smith, the eponymous Smith of ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington''.
* ''Film/WhisperingSmith'', a cowboy detective played by Creator/AlanLadd in a 1948 film. Also a 1961 TV series starring Creator/AudieMurphy.
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** The ''Grim Tales'' series has a psychic detective named Anna Gray as its player character. Although she averts the trope herself, many of the names on her family tree qualify for it. This includes her mother, Anastasia Gray; her great-grandfather, Alister Gray; and her husband, Dorian Gray. Dorian gets bonus points for originally having been Dorian Black, meaning he fit the trope ''twice''. (He took his wife's name when they married.)

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** The ''Grim Tales'' ''VideoGame/GrimTales'' series has a psychic detective named Anna Gray as its player character. Although she averts the trope herself, many of the names on her family tree qualify for it. This includes her mother, Anastasia Gray; her great-grandfather, Alister Gray; and her husband, Dorian Gray. Dorian gets bonus points for originally having been Dorian Black, meaning he fit the trope ''twice''. (He took his wife's name when they married.)
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* Creator/BobTheDragQueen's stand-up special, ''Suspiciously Large Woman'', has a bit about [[GhettoName Black first names]] in comparison to their last names.
-->''"Black people, we have fucked-up first names. Daquashia, Trelayna, Shaneequa, [=DeQuandre=]...It's always a really plain-ass last name. It's like Daquashia SMITH. Shelandria BROWN."''
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* Marian Keyes, romance novelist.

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* Marian Keyes, Creator/MarianKeyes, romance novelist.
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* Orlando Jones from ''Film/{{Evolution}}'', ''Film/TheTimeMachine2002'' and some others.

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* Orlando Jones from ''Film/{{Evolution}}'', ''Film/TheTimeMachine2002'' and some others.Creator/OrlandoJones.
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* ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters'' has an entire family of these spread across all three games and several centuries. The three that are introduced are Peekaboo Jones in 1965, his great-great-grandfather, Elijah Jones from the 1800's and Mordecai Jones from the Robot Wars in the 2200's.

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* ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters'' has an entire family of these spread across all three games and several centuries. The three that are introduced are Peekaboo Jones in 1965, his great-great-grandfather, Elijah Jones from the 1800's 1800s and Mordecai Jones from the Robot Wars in the 2200's.2200s.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': In "[[Recap/ArthurS14E2TheAgentOfChangeDWUntiesTheKnot D.W. Unties the Knot]]," D.W. gives herself the assumed name of "Deeangeleenora Woo" (or "Dee Woo" for short).
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' featured a background forklift named Nebuchanezzar Schmidt.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' featured a background forklift named Nebuchanezzar Schmidt.
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* Whispering Smith, a cowboy detective played by Creator/AlanLadd in a 1948 film. Also a 1961 TV series starring Creator/AudieMurphy.
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* Available Jones and his incredibly beautiful cousin Stupefyin' Jones from ''ComicStrip/LilAbner''.

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* Available Jones and his incredibly beautiful cousin Stupefyin' Jones Jones[[note]]played in the musical film version by ''Creator/JulieNewmar''[[/note]] from ''ComicStrip/LilAbner''.

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* Forsythe Pendelton "Jughead" Jones III from the Archie series

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* Forsythe Pendelton "Jughead" Jones III from the Archie seriesseries.
* Available Jones and his incredibly beautiful cousin Stupefyin' Jones from ''ComicStrip/LilAbner''.
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if i put that in the wrong place, please put it in the correct folder instead of just deleting it, thank you

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** A variation with Professor Dumbledore, established almost from the start of the series as Albus Dumbledore, but his full name is eventually stated to much longer with three middle names, the last of which is the decidedly short, modern-sounding, and mundane "Brian." (For the record, his full name is Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.)
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* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has a Japanese example in Gundham Tanaka, self-proclaimed "Supreme Overlord of Ice", Ultimate Animal Breeder and grade-A {{Chuunibyou}}. His first name (almost certainly self-given and yes, pronounced like the [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} mecha anime]]) is composed from the kanji for "eye", "serpent" and "dream/illusion" (''眼蛇夢''), while 'Tanaka' is one of the most common surnames in Japan, making it the rough equivalent of a high-school punk calling himself "Basilisk Brown".

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* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has Gundham Tanaka is something of a Japanese example in Gundham Tanaka, self-proclaimed "Supreme Overlord example: 'Tanaka' is one of Ice", Ultimate Animal Breeder and grade-A {{Chuunibyou}}. His first name (almost certainly self-given and yes, pronounced like the [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} mecha anime]]) Japan's most common surnames, while '[=Gundham/Gandamu=]' is composed from written with the kanji for "eye", "serpent" and "dream/illusion" (''眼蛇夢''), while 'Tanaka' is one of (and yes, pronounced like the most common surnames in Japan, [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} mecha anime]]), making it the rough equivalent of a high-school punk calling himself something like "Basilisk Brown".
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* ''Visual/Novel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has a Japanese example in Gundham Tanaka, self-proclaimed "Supreme Overlord of Ice", Ultimate Animal Breeder and grade-A {{Chuunibyou}}. His first name (almost certainly self-given and yes, pronounced like the [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} mecha anime]]) is composed from the kanji for "eye", "serpent" and "dream/illusion" (''眼蛇夢''), while 'Tanaka' is one of the most common surnames in Japan, making it the rough equivalent of a high-school punk calling himself "Basilisk Brown".

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* ''Visual/Novel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has a Japanese example in Gundham Tanaka, self-proclaimed "Supreme Overlord of Ice", Ultimate Animal Breeder and grade-A {{Chuunibyou}}. His first name (almost certainly self-given and yes, pronounced like the [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} mecha anime]]) is composed from the kanji for "eye", "serpent" and "dream/illusion" (''眼蛇夢''), while 'Tanaka' is one of the most common surnames in Japan, making it the rough equivalent of a high-school punk calling himself "Basilisk Brown".
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* ''VideoGame/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has a Japanese example in Gundham Tanaka, self-proclaimed "Supreme Overlord of Ice", Ultimate Animal Breeder and grade-A {{Chuunibyou}}. His first name (almost certainly self-given and yes, pronounced like the [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} mecha anime]]) is composed from the kanji for "eye", "serpent" and "dream/illusion" (''眼蛇夢''), while 'Tanaka' is one of the most common surnames in Japan, making it the rough equivalent of a high-school punk calling himself "Basilisk Brown".

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* ''VideoGame/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' ''Visual/Novel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has a Japanese example in Gundham Tanaka, self-proclaimed "Supreme Overlord of Ice", Ultimate Animal Breeder and grade-A {{Chuunibyou}}. His first name (almost certainly self-given and yes, pronounced like the [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} mecha anime]]) is composed from the kanji for "eye", "serpent" and "dream/illusion" (''眼蛇夢''), while 'Tanaka' is one of the most common surnames in Japan, making it the rough equivalent of a high-school punk calling himself "Basilisk Brown".
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* ''VideoGame/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has a Japanese example in Gundham Tanaka, self-proclaimed "Supreme Overlord of Ice", Ultimate Animal Breeder and grade-A {{Chuunibyou}}. His first name (almost certainly self-given and yes, pronounced like the [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} mecha anime]]) is composed from the kanji for "eye", "serpent" and "dream/illusion" (''眼蛇夢''), while 'Tanaka' is one of the most common surnames in Japan, making it the rough equivalent of a high-school punk calling himself "Basilisk Brown".
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